The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: Accurately Revised ... Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume 1C. Pathurst, 1754 |
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Page vii
... frequently observed , that many of that reverend body are not always very nice in diftinguishing between their enemies and their friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from some , whom out of refpect ...
... frequently observed , that many of that reverend body are not always very nice in diftinguishing between their enemies and their friends . Had the author's intentions met with a more candid interpretation from some , whom out of refpect ...
Page xxi
... frequent error of those men ( otherwife very commen → dable for their labours ) to make excursions beyond their talent and their office , by pretending to point out the beauties and the faults ; which is no part of their trade , which ...
... frequent error of those men ( otherwife very commen → dable for their labours ) to make excursions beyond their talent and their office , by pretending to point out the beauties and the faults ; which is no part of their trade , which ...
Page 4
... frequently to be the effect rather of choice than accident * . However , as the * Our mifcellany is now quite printed , I am prodigi- oufly pleafed with this joint volume in which methinks we look like friends fide by fide , ferious and ...
... frequently to be the effect rather of choice than accident * . However , as the * Our mifcellany is now quite printed , I am prodigi- oufly pleafed with this joint volume in which methinks we look like friends fide by fide , ferious and ...
Page 6
... frequent references and quotations , it was thought more eligible to put them together ; in the text innumera- ble paffages have been restored , which were evidently corrupt in every other edition , whether printed in England or Ireland ...
... frequent references and quotations , it was thought more eligible to put them together ; in the text innumera- ble paffages have been restored , which were evidently corrupt in every other edition , whether printed in England or Ireland ...
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... frequently heard to say when the people of Ireland difpleafed him , • I am not of this vile country , I am an Englishman ' . Mr. Pope alfo in one of his letters to him , mentions England as his native country ; but this account of his ...
... frequently heard to say when the people of Ireland difpleafed him , • I am not of this vile country , I am an Englishman ' . Mr. Pope alfo in one of his letters to him , mentions England as his native country ; but this account of his ...
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againſt alfo alſo anſwer antient appears becauſe befides beſt buſineſs called cauſe church cloſe confequence converfation courſe dean Deane Swift defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcourſe diſcovered elſe eſpecially faid fame farther fays feems fenfes ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fir William firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpirit friends ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furniſh greateſt Gulliver's Travels hath higheſt himſelf honour horſe houſe Ireland Irenæus itſelf Jonathan Swift juſt laft laſt leaft learning leaſt lefs letter lord mafter miſtake modern moft Momus moſt muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion Orrery paffages paffed perfon Peter pleaſe preferved preſent publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved reft refuſed ſays ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate Swift thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion treatiſe ufual underſtand underſtood univerfal uſed utmoſt whofe whoſe Wotton writers